Word: buts
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Sound interesting? Yes, indeed. But Noah Kupferberg's production of Sam Shepard's Angel City in the Adams House Kraunauer Space is more than a visual spectacle. It is an intelligently staged and well-cast rendition of a thought-provoking text.
But most importantly, the editors have overmoralized the whole randomization issue. In relying on divisive steretypes, they dismiss the practical and personal factors which influence a first-year's housing preferences.
Many students favor a particular house not because of the perceived stereotype of its students but because of its facilities, its campus location, or its physical beauty. Some students prefer houses with large rooms while others simply desire the tranquility of the Quad.
THERE is a problem with lack of diversity in some houses. But how extensive is the problem really and how many houses are actually suffering? Do we really need such a drastic measure as full randomization to solve the problem? Using full randomization to solve Harvard's diversity problems is...
Although I share the staff's reservations about non-ordered choice, I think the proposal at least merits further examination. To dismiss the widely-supported compromise as merely "political" accomplishes nothing. Perhaps Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 will maintain the status quo this year but ask students...